3 Tactical factors which have enabled FC Barcelona to perform better in recent matches

#2 Providing through balls to the advancing fullbacks and wingers

Sergio Busquets is Barcelona's linchpin in the midfield

Barcelona has adopted a 3-5-2 formation most of the times they have had the ball this season as Sergio Busquets have switched to the 3rd centre-back role. He has played as a de-facto sweeper and been in close proximity to the other two centre-backs to trigger the moves. Whenever Busquets has gone up the pitch to be near the half-line, the centre-backs have also moved up and played a high defensive line.

The Blaugrana defenders and midfielders have also been able to drag the opposition players to their own half by keeping the ball inside it and playing frequent passes among themselves.

Whenever the opposition players have ventured into the opposition half to retrieve the ball, the Barcelona midfielders have played long through balls to their advancing fullbacks and wingers in vacant spaces in the opposition half. That is why they have adopted a 3-5-2 formation when in possession. This strategy has frequently caught the opposition defence off-guard and helped them score a lot of goals.